Today is a day for Detroiters to rejoice. Kwame Kilpatrick just formally stated his plea deal in court moments ago. Although it is not final until the Judge signs the plea, it is still a monumental moment. The reason this is so landmark is that it shows an earnest and [...]
I made a mixtape you all can listen to if you so desire. It has some pretty awesome tracks and I think you’ll all enjoy it.
Check it out here: [www.matsie.net]
I have this terrible habit of associating songs with people and specific events. I call this a terrible habit because, in some cases, it can ruin the song for me! Still, I do it with just about every experience I have — even the insignificant ones. In some cases, it’s [...]
These two videos had me laughing pretty hard.
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BONUS! Feist on Sesame Street singing a special rendition of her song “1 2 3 4″.
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It sometimes amazes me how my subconscious works insidiously behind my back. I suppose that is the nature of the subconscious: to provide subtle hints toward true motives and emotions.
I am a big proponent of the well thought out mixtape. I derive great joy in modelling a mix around both [...]
I hate World of Warcraft. I loathe World of Warcraft. It is the bane of my existence. No, it’s not because of a ruined past relationship or the slow deterioration of a friend’s social life. It’s because it sucks me in.
I used to ridicule those who play WoW. They were [...]
The last few minutes before boarding a plane can be the most stressful. I definitely felt that way on Saturday. I knew I was forgetting something, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. I went through my mental checklist one by one.
Yes, I shut down the computer.
Yes, I [...]
I despise those anti-smoking “truth” advertisements on television. I think that feeding young people a load of b.s and propaganda is no way to get them on your side. Unfortunately, it seems these adverts are effective.
My latest grievance with these flashy advertisements is the fact that they pull quotes [...]
For the past few weeks I have be pondering the reasons why I follow certain people on Twitter. I have posed this question to you and got an interesting mixed bag of responses. I sincerely wonder what the impetus is for one to follow a stranger on Twitter. Generally, I [...]
Zachery Quinn is a 21 year old musician from New Orleans, LA. His music focuses tends to focus on relationships and the ways we interact with each other on a daily basis. As a songwriter, his writing fairly mature but can sometimes seem clumsy. Quinn’s real talent lies in his [...]
Sunday morning I went to Greenfield Village, an open air historical museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It’s a wonderful place to take your children to give them a hands-on immersion experience of history. Historical interpreters (actors dressed in period costume) are everywhere for you to interact with. Edison’s laboratory, Henry Ford’s [...]
When I was a kid, my family went on a lot of road trips. We would head north to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or up into the thumb. Sometimes, we’d head into Ohio and camp there for a week. I remember in fourth grade, my family went on a [...]
This city is killing us. I’m certain of it as I brush the hair out of your eyes in the park. Your gaze squarely set on the skyscrapers surrounding us; enveloping us; consuming us. I chuckle at the thought of the two of us and take a drink of sweet [...]
“Mattie! Soup!”
I could hear my mother yelling from the kitchen. I slowly finished typing the last sentence of a paper and rushed down the stairs. My mother stood next to the stove dipping a ladle into a giant pot on a burner. She carefully poured two and a half ladles [...]
